Q-switched nanosecond Nd3+:Ca(NbO3)2 crystalline self-Raman laser with single-step cascade SE (λSE =1.0615 μm of 4F3/2 → 4I11/2 channel) → SRS (λSt1 =1.1741 μm of ωSRS ≈ 904 cm-1 promotion vibration mode) wavelength conversion

Laser Physics Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 782-787

  Kaminskii, A A ^a   Dong, J ^b   Ueda, K ^c   Bettinell, M ^d   Grinberg, M ^e   Jaque, D ^f  

^a SHUBNIKOV INSTITUTE OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ca(NbO3)2:Nd3+laser crystal; Cascaded nonlinear lasing; Laser diode pumping; Passive Q switching; Self Raman laser

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350062739     PISSN: 16122011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lapl.200910077     Document Type: Article

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